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Q: I’d appreciate your comments on Paychex. It looks like a good stock. Thanks for all your great recommendations over the years!

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A: Paychex Inc., $150.51, symbol PAYX on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 360.1 million; Market cap: $54.0 billion; www.paychex.com), is an industry-leading human capital management (HCM) company. It provides a range of human resources and payroll services, including accounting, salary deposits, and automatic tax payment and filing. The company’s 745,000 clients are mostly small and medium-sized businesses (10 to 200 employees) throughout the U.S. and Europe. Paychex, in fact, processes the paycheques for one out of every 12 American private-sector employees. Paychex specializes in helping businesses that do not have the resources or expertise to adapt to constantly changing HCM conditions. Paychex operates through three segments: Management Solutions, Professional Employer Organization (PEO) and Insurance Solutions, and Interest on funds held for clients. Management Solutions offers payroll processing solutions that include the preparation and delivery of employee payroll checks. Other services include payroll tax administration, employee payment, human resources, retirement, regulatory compliance, and other solutions. Revenue from Management Solutions makes up about 73% of Paychex’s revenue. The PEO and…